- Date
- May 15, 1967
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8107HHiller UH-12A
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117770
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0225 67/5/15 FRESNO,CALIF HILLER UH-12A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5000 TIME - 0900 N8107H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 4500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4500 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 370 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- MAN WHO SUPPLIED CHEMICALS DISMOUNTED FROM HIS TRUCK AND WALKED INTO THE IDLING TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8107H
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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